The seeds of the Snooker World Championships are frequently falling, Pang Junxu presses Lao Mi, Xiao Si chases Ma Wei, and Ding Junhui plays

At 6:22 a.m. Beijing time on April 23, the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship was 32 into 16 rounds, and the six sections of the three periods on the third match day were all over. On this match day, three players who entered the round of 16 were decided, Murphy beat Lu Haotian 10-5, Kerburg newcomer Joe O'Connor knocked out four-time world champion Selby, and Bingham, the 2015 World Championship champion and the "second brother" who stumbled up in the qualifying round, faced the "brother" who got carried away in the spring breeze this season, and fought hard, 10-5 to expel him from Gao Laozhuang.

A total of three players from the Chinese Legion played in the competition of the day, Lu Haotian dug a big hole in the first half, and was unable to fill it in the second period, and was out of the first round; Si Jiahui killed the quasi-god for the first time, and did not mess up the rules, and the score of 4-5 was in line with the content of the game; Pang Junxu drew the gift package in the seed of Lao Mi, and Kebao had a lot of hope for the first victory, and he set up a wave of three consecutive hits to set up 10,000 first, and led 5-4 into the second half, everything is possible.

At the end of the day, the first round of the World Championships has passed half, and the top 16 have also decided eight seats, of which there are only three seeds, the face of the big coffee must not be hanging, the last champion and runner-up Xiaobu, Selby, both out of the first round, there is a precedent for this situation, in 2016, the defending champion and runner-up Bingham and Shaun Murphy also both failed in the first round.

On the fourth match day, Ding Junhui appeared against the little driver, Pang Junxu and Si Jiahui will complete the second half of the competition, and the top 16 of the Chinese army will soon be known.

2024 Snooker World Championship 32 into 16 rounds of the third match day panorama of the match

April 22nd

Fixtures of two matches in the 17:00 period

② 肖恩·墨菲 10:5 吕昊天

Shaun Murphy came into the second period with a 6-3 lead. At the beginning of the second half, Murphy won two games in a row, and in the tenth game, Murphy accurately fought into the long platform to achieve a single-game reversal;

In the thirteenth game, Murphy took the lead to reach the match point and entered the halftime break with 9-4; after returning from the break, in the fourteenth game, Lu Haotian got started on the long platform and hit the 100th shot of his career to break 100, scoring 117 points in a single stroke to save a match point. In the match point game, Murphy scored 81 points in a single stroke to lock up the victory, beat Lu Haotian 10-5, and advanced to the top 16, and Lu Haotian missed his second victory in Kebao.

(1) Gary Wilson 6:3 Stuart Bingham

It's very strange, even Garvey has been playing professionally for nearly 20 years, the two have only played seven times in five tournaments since 2019, and they are all chicken ribs - Champions League, the second brother has six wins and one loss; This is the 18th show of the 2015 champion Bingham, and Bingham, who has specially pulled his hips this season, has struggled in the qualifying round, and played seven consecutive wins and three consecutive strikes in two rounds to be able to make a difficult reversal to enter the Kerburg; , went straight to the semi-finals. The two sides kicked off, Bingham hit a single shot of 98, 53, a wave of four consecutive whips, Gary Wilson fell behind 0-4 and entered the break;

After the break, Gary Wilson pulled one back, and then Bingham hit a 117 to return the color. In the ninth game, Bingham made a mistake in the last black ball that was about to complete the reversal, and both of them did not complete the victory with a single stroke, 63-60, Wilson captured the black ball, lost and recovered, and won this game, Bingham led 6-3 to end the first period.

21:30 time slot two match results

(2) Mark Selby 6:10 Joe O'Connor

O'Connor led 7-2 and came to the second period, with both sides winning one game each, and then Selby scored two in a row;

In the fourteenth game, O'Connor scored 57 points in a single stroke and grabbed the match point, in the fifteenth game, Selby scored 67 points in a single stroke to save a match point, and in the sixteenth game, O'Connor seized the opportunity to lock in the game;

Joe O'Connor hit 122, 101 and 67, 74, 61, 57 points of four single-stroke 50+, Mark Selby hit a 100-shot and three 50+, O'Connor beat Selby 10-6 to advance to the round of 16, won his Crucible debut, and will face the winner between Kyren Wilson and Dominic Dyer in the next round.

(1) Mark Williams 5:4 Si Jiahui

The only pair in the first round of the main draw who have not faced each other in a professional match, but the two faced each other once last December, winning 6-3 at the Macau Masters, Si Jiahui made his debut in Crucible last year, reaching the semi-finals, and this season he reached the final of a ranking tournament for the first time at the German Masters, losing to the surging Judd Trump, who is currently ranked 23rd in the world rankings. Williams is full of confidence, having won the Tour Championship just a few weeks ago and reaching the top of the ranking tournament for the second time this season, the 49-year-old Ma Wei has re-risen to sixth place in the world, a three-time world champion, this time his 26th trip to Crucible, and he has not lost in the first round since 2015;

Then Si Jiahui hit a single stroke 52, pulled back two games and entered the inter-game break; Williams won the fifth game after the break, and Si Jiahui won two games in a row again, and the score was oversized;

In the eighth and ninth innings, Williams scored 57 points and 63 points in a single stroke to lock the lead, and Williams temporarily led Si Jiahui 5-4, and the second half of the game between the two sides will start at 21:30 on the 23rd.

April 23rd

02:00 time slot two match results

(1) Robert Milkins 4:5 Pang Junxu

The two sides have only met once before, in the group stage of the Champions League ranking tournament in July 2023, a 2-2 draw, Lao Mi has entered Kebao for the first time since 2002, it has been the 10th time, and the previous nine times have never entered the round of 16, and Pang Junxu is the second time in a back-to-back to break into the main match, the last first round faced the first person O'Sullivan, stopped in the first round, but also handed over a very content 7-10.

At the beginning of this game, Pang Junxu scored 57 points in a single stroke in the first game, a wave of three consecutive blows, the first three cities, and entered the rest stage with a 3-1 advantage.

After returning from the break, Robert Milkins scored 83 points in a single stroke and approached the score. Then both sides each played a shot of 50+, and the score came to 4-3 Pang Junxu lead. In the eighth game, Milkins took the lead to score 49 points, and Pang Junxu seized the opportunity to complete the reversal and expand the lead again. Lao Mi chased another game with 73-0 in the final game, Pang Junxu led 5-4 to end the first half of the competition, and the second period of the game between the two sides will start at two o'clock in the morning on the 24th.

(2) Gary Wilson 5:10 Stuart Bingham

Stuart Bingham led 6-3 to the second period, and at the beginning of the game, J Wilson hit 86 and 57 consecutive shots of 50+, recovered two games, and approached the big score;

Next, Bingham scored 66 and 55 points in a single stroke, won three sets in a row, and reached the match point first 9-5; in the match point game, J Wilson was under heavy pressure and had no intention of fighting, and the second brother won the final game 77-13, defeating Gary Wilson 10-5, and advanced to the round of 16 as a qualifying player.

The first round of the 2024 Snooker World Championship is 32 into 16 rounds, complete schedule + viewing guide

32 into 16 rounds, using 19 rounds and 10 wins, divided into two periods, the following times are Beijing time, all rounds of the schedule (1) is represented as the first period of the game, (2) represents the second period of the game, (3) represents the third period of the game, (4) represents the fourth period of the game.

April 23rd